While futurists have contemplated for years what virtual reality computing might one day look like, there’s a simple solution to using your Windows computer in VR today, it’s called Virtual Desktop, and we’ve got a look at the latest version (0.9.25) that you can download and use right now.
SWVR‘s inaugural UK event in February attracted a great selection of industry talent to talk on their experiences developing for VR. One such talk was given by Sony London Studios’ Director Dave Ranyard, whose team is working heavily with the Playstation VR headset Project Morpheus. Their aim, to try and find out what works and what doesn’t in this brave new entertainment platform. Road to VR’s Jon Tustain sat down with Ranyard after his talk to find out a little more.
Virtual reality was without a doubt this year’s hot topic at GDC 2015 in San Francisco, with talks presented by major hardware producers and indie game devs alike covering a wide array of VR-centric challenges and opportunities. Now GDC has published a number of these talks for free for eager VR devs that missed out on all the action.
VR production team WEVR made a splash at the recent VRLA Spring Expo last week when they turned up with SteamVR and the HTC Vive headset to demonstrate the VR platform to attendees. It was an opportunity for writer Matthew Terndrup to get up close and personal with the new VR tech that had caused such a storm at last month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC). He came away with some of the most candid images yet seen of Valve’s Lighthouse technology and got to watch the reactions of numerous first-time users.
vorpX news has been thin on the ground just recently, but that’s because the team behind the project have been busy preparing one of the biggest releases yet. v0.8.0, released today, brings with it a raft of new features, including an innovative method to enhance traditional games via an enormous, virtual cinema screen.
To celebrate the 100th episode of the Rev VR Podcast, some folks in the VR community decided that it would be fun to do a roast of me.
In April, WEARVR and Road to VR are joining forces to bring you VR goodness from the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. This video gives a glimpse of the top 10 most popular experiences from the last week.
Digital Domain Holdings Limited and Immersive Media announced yesterday that they are partnering up to create IM360, a joint venture dedicated to creating immersive entertainment not only for tablets, mobile phones and televisions, but more importantly for VR.
Today WEARVR has announced a $1.5 million funding round to continue to grow their universal VR marketplace, which houses apps for a wide range of VR headsets. For the month of April, Road to VR is partnering up with WEARVR to bring you a look at the app store’s most popular VR content.
SnakeVR is the spiritual VR successor of the snake-style games which gained widespread notoriety after being included on some of Nokia’s classic handsets. If you happen to have hoarded two of the company’s 3-series mobiles, go find the chargers buried somewhere in that one box and get ready for immersive SnakeVR action.
IndieStartup CEO Armando McGillicutty announced yesterday that the popular crowdfunding platform is now banning a number of VR-related projects based on a single factor: their name.
Sony have proven once again that they have their fingers on the collective gamers’ pulse with a new ‘submersive’ technology that fuses your love of swimming with your love of gaming.
